CEP International, a Chicago-area exhibit and events solutions provider, announces the CEM certification of Noel Hoekstra, CEP's Director of International Accounts. The CEM Learning Program – the exhibition industry's most recognized certification program - is the International Association of Exhibitions and Events' (IAEE) three-year educational course designed to provide industry professionals with specific knowledge that is applied to daily exhibition and event challenges. Hoekstra is also the Programming Task Force Board Liaison for the IAEE Midwest Chapter Board of Directors. She will be recognized for her achievement at Expo! Expo!, IAEE's Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Miami, Florida, from December 9-11, 2008.

Hoekstra joined CEP International in early 2008 to advance the company's new global expansion initiative. CEP provides custom exhibits as well as turnkey exhibit systems in more than 50 countries around the world.

Fluent in six languages, Hoekstra has 30 years of experience in international exhibiting and trade shows around the world. Before joining CEP, she was a top executive at Messe Munich, Dusseldorf, and Berlin. Her extensive expertise with freight forwarders and convention and tourism bureaus has contributed to the success of exhibitions and events worldwide, including events in Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, Dubai, France, Spain and Denmark.